~files

[StainlessSteelRat]

Hi folks,

A friend has a problem with his laptop (using XP and Office 2003).

He has noticed that for a lot of his Word files there is a similar file with
a ~ sign in front. The file's are all 1kb.

I thought these were temporary files that Word generated when a file was
open, but even though he's exiting Word cleanly he's getting lots of these
files left behind.

Any ideas?

Thanks

 

[Jay Freedman]

See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=211632 for an explanation of
temp files, and http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm
for cleanup instructions.

As for why they're left behind, nobody knows.

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Microsoft Word MVP
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[StainlessSteelRat]

See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=211632 for an explanation of
temp files, and http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm
for cleanup instructions.

As for why they're left behind, nobody knows.

Does it happen for others? i.e. is it not uncommon to see these files left
behind?

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Rat,

Yes, it's somewhat common. Word has never been good at cleaning up after itself when there are problems and it doesn't go back and
do it later either

You'll find many of the files using Start=>Search and looking for this file name string

~$*.*;*.tmp

and sending them off to the recycle center.

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See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=211632 for an explanation of
temp files, and http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm
for cleanup instructions.

As for why they're left behind, nobody knows.

Does it happen for others? i.e. is it not uncommon to see these files left
behind? >>
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I hope this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office system products MVP

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b. then visit http://officebeta.iponet.net

 

[StainlessSteelRat]

Yes, it's somewhat common. Word has never been good at cleaning up
after itself when there are problems and it doesn't go back and do it
later either

You'll find many of the files using Start=>Search and looking for
this file name string

~$*.*;*.tmp

Thanks Bob, that's reassuring. At least I know there's not a problem with
the system, and Word is behaving "normally"